Grease can



E. w, BEARDsLl-:Y ET AL '1,761,650

June 3, 1930.

GREASE CAN Filed Nov. 20, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l ffy .lane 3, E. w.BEARDSLEY ET AL 1,761,650

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i. Wea/fdfley Rl/a/faf/ey Patented Jan; f3, i930 UNITED sTATEs PATENTOFFICE EAELWAYNE EEAEDSLEYAND RAY wILsoN BEAEDSLEY, or LoUDoNvTLLE, omo,

AssIGNonsTo THE omo `efi.".E.^isE COMPANY, or LoUDoNvILLE, omo, AcoRroEA- GREASE cAN Application led November 20, 1926. Serial lo.149,679.

The invention relates to cans, .for containving grease and the like, andfor use in connection with a machine or press whereby grease may beejecteddirectly from the can by the cmachine or press withouttransferring the grease from the can into the press.

The objects of the improvementl are to provide a novel, economical,efficient andl convenient grease can as. aforesaid, and adapted forejecting all the greasev from the can by the machine or press.

These objects are attained by a construction and arrangement which maybe stated in general terms as including a tubular can body havingsecured thereto one, preferably fiat end and a threaded ojpning thereinfitted with' a screw cap, anot er preferablyl flat plunger end arrangedto be moved in the can body by a suitable machine or press for ejectinggrease in the can through the .threaded opening in the opposite flatend, and means associated with the preferably ilat plunger end fornormally preventing withdrawal of the same from the can body and adaptedfor permitting association of the plunger end with'the machine or pressfor moving the plunger to eject grease from the can through the threadedopening in the aforesaid flat end.

A preferred embodiment of the invention and several modified formsthereof, are illusv trated in the accompanying drawings forming parthereof, in which:-

Figure 1 is a longitudinal axial cross sectional view of the preferredform of the improved grease can, and having means integral with theplunger end and cooperating with the can body for preventing withdrawalof the plunger;

Fig. 2, a longitudinal axial cross sectional view similar to Fig. 1,illustrating a modified form of the invention, in which the plunger endis normally prevented from withdrawal by a separate slip lid;

Fig. 3, a longitudinal axial cross sectional view of another modifiedform of the invention, in lwhich the flat lunger end is normallyprevented from withdrawal by a separate `friction lid; and

Figi 4, a longitudinal axial cross sectional View of still anothermodified form of the invention wherein the flat lunger end is normallyprevented from wlthdrawal by a` screw 11d.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The preferred form of the improved grease can 10, illustrated; in Fig.1, includes a tubular can body 11 having a smooth inner surface andhaving secured thereto preferably at the bottom as by soldering or otherwell-known. fasteningmeans, a. preferably flat end 12 having a planeinner surface and having an opening 13 therein providedwith a removableclosure, which `is preferably in the form of a screw cap 14 removablyscrewed upon a threaded extension 15 of the opening 13.-

Av preferably flat plunger en'd 16, having a preferably upwardlyextending peripheral flange 17, is arranged at the top of the can bodytobe moved` preferably downwardly in the can body by a suitablemachineor press for ejecting grease, and the like, which may be contained inthe can, through the opening 13, the screw cap 14 having been removed.Means are associated with the preferably flat plunger end and the canbody for normally preventing withdrawal of the plunger end from the canbody after the plunger end has been inserted in place, but at the sametimepermitting the preferably downward movement of the plunger in thecan body to eject grease and the like from the can as aforesaid.

The preferred means preventing with,- drawal of the plunger end from thecan include tongues 18 struck outl from the flange from the threadedextension 13 of the opening and the flat plunger end y16 may be i movedin the can bod by the press to eject means of the plunger end 16 fromthe can body grease and the like rom the canthrough the opening 13 inthe flat end 12.

The stationary end 12 of the can body being flat, and the movableplunger end 16 being preferably flat and parallel to the stationary end12it is possible to eject all of the grease contained in the can fromthe same.

Grease packed in the improved cans as aforesaid, may be veryeconomically used since the grease may be removed from the can in anydesired quantity Without scoop' ing, and without disturbing theremaining grease contents of the can. The modied form of the inventionillustrated in Fig. 2, is made up of parts similar to the referred form,excepting that the frdr normally preventing Withdrawal consists of aseparate slip lid 2O for the upper end of the 4can body.

Likewise, the modilied form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 3, ismade up of 23 associated with the threaded upper end o of the can body.

parts similar to the preferredform, exceptl ing that themeans fornormally preventing Withdrawal of the plunger end 16 from the can bodyconsists of a separatefriction lid 21 associated with a friction fflange22 secured to the upperA end of the can body.

Andfinally, the modified form of the invention illustrated in Fi 4, ismade up of parts similar \to the pre ered form, excepting that-the meansfor normally preventing Withdrawal of the plunger end 16 from the canbody consists of a separate screw lid We claim:k

body-having a smooth inner surface,'an end aving an opening therein andaremovable closure for the opening, a plunger end in the can bodyadapted for movement therein for ejecting grease and the lkefrom the canthrough the opening, and tongues on the plunger end cooperating withopenings in f the can body for normally preventin 'thgrwal of theplunger end from t e can In testimony that We claim the above, We

have hereunto subscribed our names.

EARL WAYNE BEARDSLEY. RAY WILSON BEARDSLEY.

A grease can and the like including a can

